Vigorous Exercise Lowers Mortality in Women
This week’s minute looks at how vigorous exercise helps to extend mortality in women. Heart disease and cancer are the top two causes of death for both women and men. Almost as many women will die from heart disease as men with coronary heart disease, affecting over 6% of women 20 and older. Unhealthy diets, […]
Too much sleep increases risk for stroke
This week’s minute looks at how too much sleep can increase your risk of stroke. According to recent studies, there was a 23% greater stroke risk for people who slept 9 hours of more at night compared with those sleeping 7 to 8 hours. Taking long midday naps of more than 90 minutes also increase […]
Sleep and your Immune System
This week’s minute looks at how sleep affects your immune system. Sleep plays an important role in your overall health, and not getting enough of it can negatively affect your immune system. Lack of sleep causes your body to be more susceptible to infections and inflammation. For optimal health it is recommended you get 7 […]
Exercise and the Immune System
This week’s minute looks at the positive influence exercise has on your immune system……… Lowering the risk of viruses and disease is on the mind of people worldwide these days and exercise have long been known to improve your immune system. According to Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, there is strong evidence a […]
How to Improve Your Blood Flow
Did you know your body holds about 60,000 miles of blood vessels, carrying blood to every corner of your body? When your circulation is poor, it slows or blocks the blood flow and the cells in your body cannot get all the oxygen and nutrients they need. Here are some ways you can improve your […]
Why Sleep is Good for your Health
Sleep not only makes you feel and look better, but it is also a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more. The sleep cycle has two recurring phases: REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-REM or non-rapid eye movement). Both phases are important for different functions […]
Back Pain and an Aging Population
How Back Pain Took Over The World Welcome to this week’s Brain Based Wellness News. In today’s news we look at back pain and its impact on the world’s aging population. People are living about a decade longer; however, for many, those final years are spent restricted by illness and disability. The number one cause […]
6 Simple Changes That Will Make Your Brain Work Better this year
6 Simple Changes That Will Make Your Brain Work Better this year Welcome to this week’s Brain Based Wellness News. In today’s news we will look at 6 lifestyle changes that will help make your brain work better. Just like all of the other parts of your body, your brain requires daily care to function […]
Health Continuum
One of the aims of chiropractic care is to get you on a path to better health, to create an opportunity to experience wellness. So what is “wellness”? This can be considered a vague term for something that is hard to define. It may be useful to look at the Illness Wellness Continuum proposed by […]
Spinal Hygiene – Exercise 2 – Strengthening
These exercises should be done daily and as consistently as you brush your teeth. Your spine is the home of the nervous system which controls every function of your body and it needs to be healthy so that you can be healthy. It is well known that core and postural muscles provide spinal stability. So […]